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Fertile Crescent: a large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland
Silt: a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
Irrigation: a way of supplying water to an area of land
Canals: human-made waterways
Surplus: more than needed
Division of Labor: the type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job
City State: a political unit that consists of a central city and all the countryside around it
Empire: land with different territories and peoples under a single rule
Polytheism: the worship of many gods
Priests: people who performed or led religions ceremonies
Social Hierarchy: the division of society by rank or class
Cuneiform: the world’s first system of writing
Pictographs: picture symbols
Scribe: a writer
Epics: long poems that tell the stories of heroes
Architecture: the science of building
Ziggurat: a pyramid-shaped temple
Hammurabis Code: a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life
Chariot: a wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle
Alphabet: a set of letters that can be combined to form words

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the type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job

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land with different territories and peoples under a single rule

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a political unit that consists of a central city and all the countryside around it